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                        <p>Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool who's
		mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets
		and extension points dependent upon each other.
		The main known usage of Ant is the build of Java applications.
		Ant supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble,
		test and run Java applications.
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		a large number of ready-made commercial or open-source "antlibs".
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		Ant is extremely flexible and does not impose coding conventions or
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		Software development projects looking for a solution combining build tool and
		dependency management can use Ant in combination with <a href="http://ant.apache.org/ivy/">Apache Ivy</a>.
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                                <p>The Apache Ant project is part of
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                        <h3>December 27th, 2010 - Apache Ant 1.8.2 Released</h3>
                                <p>Apache Ant 1.8.2 is now available for download as source or binary (with and without
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                                <p>Key features of the 1.8.2 release are</p>
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      <li>XSLT task honors classpath again (bugrep 49271)</li>
      <li>distinction between core tasks and optional tasks is abolished</li>
      <li>numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla
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                        <h3>September 30, 2010 - Apache Ivy 2.2.0 Released</h3>
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      dependencies) from
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                                <p>Key features of the 2.2.0 release are</p>
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      <li>enhanced Maven2 compatibility, with several bug fixes and
        more pom features covered</li>
      <li>new parent mechanism for Ivy files</li>
      <li>improved pom generation from an ivy.xml file</li>
      <li>automated PGP signature generation when uploading artifacts</li>
      <li>numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Jira
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                                <p>For more information see
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      Apache AntUnit 1.1
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                        <h3>September 26, 2008 - Apache AntUnit 1.1 Released</h3>
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                                <p>In addition to a few bugfixes and some new assertions AntUnit
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      project under test.  Both plainlistener and xmllistener have
      an option that makes them echo the project's output into their
      respective logs.</p>
                                <p>For more information see the <a href="antlibs/antunit/">Antlib's
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